Patrocinador:
This research was supported by Trilogy (http://www.trilogy-project.org), a research project (ICT-216372) partially funded by the European Community under its Seventh Framework Programme. European Community's Seventh Framework Program

Resumen:

The development of new technology is driven by scientific
research. The Internet, with its roots in the ARPANET and
NSFNet, is no exception. Many of the fundamental, long-term
improvements to the architecture, security, end-to-end protocols
and management of tThe development of new technology is driven by scientific
research. The Internet, with its roots in the ARPANET and
NSFNet, is no exception. Many of the fundamental, long-term
improvements to the architecture, security, end-to-end protocols
and management of the Internet originate in the related academic
research communities. Even shorter-term, more commercially
driven extensions are oftentimes derived from academic research.
When interoperability is required, the IETF standardizes such new
technology. Timely and relevant standardization benefits from
continuous input and review from the academic research
community.
For an individual researcher, it can however by quite puzzling
how to begin to most effectively participate in the IETF and -
arguably to a much lesser degree - in the IRTF. The interactions
in the IETF are much different than those in academic
conferences, and effective participation follows different rules.
The goal of this document is to highlight such differences and
provide a rough guideline that will hopefully enable researchers
new to the IETF to become successful contributors more quickly[+][-]